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(No'ModeL) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. S. GOGHEN-NOUR 82; N. T. REMY. VEHICLE SPRING SUPPORT.

Patented Feb. 10, 1891.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. S. COOHENNOUR & N. T. REMY.

(I 10 Model.)

VEHICLE SPRING SUPPORT.

No. 446,203. Patented-Feb. 10,1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OrFicE.

JOHN S. COOI-IENNOUR AND NOAH T. REMY, OF OLNEY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO THE OLNEY VEHICLE SPRING SUPPORT MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE-SPRING SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,203, dated February 10, 1891. Application filed June 13, 1890. Serial No. 355,336. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it. known that we, J OHN S. CooHnNNoUR and NOAH T. REMY, citizens of the United States, and residents of Olney, in the county of Richland and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Spring Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a vehicle-spring support, and more particularly to improvements in the device patented by one of us (John S. Oochennour) April 17, 1888, No. 381,111, all of which will be fully hereinafter described, and clearly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of an ordinary elliptical spring, showing our improvement applied thereto in its normal condition at rest;

Fig. 2, a. longitudinal sectional elevation on line w it of Fig. 3 of our invention in its preferred form; Fig. 3, an end elevation of the device embodying our present improvement; Fig. 4, a transverse section of our device on line y y of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a top plan View of one of the circular holder-sockets or annular cases for containing one end of the spiral spring forming part of our device, the spring being omitted in this view; Fig. 6, a bottom 0 plan view of the holder-socket shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a perspective view of a modifiedform pf holder-socket, showing a detachable inclined seat for the said spiral spring; Fig. 8, a longitudinal sectional elevation of the modification shown in Fig. 7 with the detachable inclined seatin place; Fig. 9, a view similar to Fig. 8,but of another modification; Fig. 10, a'view also similar to Fig. 8, with the fastening-cars omitted; and Fig. 11, a plan 0 view of our preferred form of spiral spring for use in connection with our holder-socket.

A and A represent the two members or sets of plates forming an ordinary elliptical spring, connected at their opposite ends as customary, and having interposed between them, intermediate said ends, an upright auxiliary elastic support composed of a spiral spring 13 and annular cases or sockets O O,

the latter receiving and holding the opposite ends of said spiral spring.

0 0' represent flat ears or lugs constructed on each of said holder-sockets, constitutingfirm bases or foundations therefor, and c 7 represents holes in said ears for receiving the fastening bolts or screws 0 The inner face of the bottom of each of the holder-sockets O O is inclined circularly, or, in other words. the bottom of each is so constructed that it gradually increases in height or thickness in a circular path, beginning with the point lettered C0111 Figs. 4, 5, and 7 and ending with the point lettered a in 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9, leaving a suitable space or opening between them (said points) which leads to a hole I) in the socket-wall, through which hole passes the outwardly-bent end 1) of the said spiral spring. The inclination or pitch of the inner faces of said socket-bottoms is the same as that on which the spiral spring used therein is coiled, and the under side of both said bottoms is fiat, so that they may be properly secured in place on the inner faces of the several members of said elliptical spring.

In Figs. 2 and 11 we have clearly shown how our spiral sprin g is preferablyconstructed for use in said holder-sockets. The opposite ends I) b of said spring (for a half inch, more or less) are bent or turned outwardly at right angles with the main portion or body thereof without disturbing the pitch of the coil, and when the spring is in place between two holdersockets said bent ends practically form hooks or stops, whereby it is properly held in such place free from accidental turning or displacement.- hen springB is placed in said holder-sockets or seat-cups, its bent ends I) b are inserted in their several holes I), which latter immediately succeed the thinnest or shallowest portions of said inclined bottoms, thus 0 bringing the upper and lower coils of said spring into registering contact with said inclined bottoms and forming a substantial support or rest in both directions vertically,whereby the upright and proper working position of said spring is readily maintained. Said ends 45 ing medium.

50 ing of said sockets.

7) 1) project beyond their holes I) just sufficient to secure"a proper hold or bearing therein and do not interfere with the bolts or screws which are used for securing the device 5 in place.

It will be seen that the holder-sockets may be made of any suitable depth to accommodate'the upper and lower portions of spring J3, but we prefer that they shall each take in IO at least three coils for the proper seating of said spring and effectually supporting it upright, free from an y unnecessary play or m vement in a lateral direct-ion.

In the modifications shown in Figs. 7, 8, and

I the bottom of theholder-socket is made of a constant or even thickness throughout, and we insert or apply a detachable or false bottom D,- which is made in the form of awasher or ring having a radial opening or blank space therein and constructed of graduallyincreasing thickness from point a to point a, as hereinbefore described. This detachable inclined bottom or washer is tapered or inclined on its upper face only, being flat on its lower face to correspond and register with the flat horizontal upper face of the socketbottom, said inclined upper face taking the same pitch as that on which the spiral spring supported thereby is coiled, thus adapting the socket or collar to receive and support in an upright position spiral springs of various pitches, which is a very important feature.

In the modification shown in Fig. 9 we have illustrated the manner in which each of the collars or sockets O C may be constructed stated.

In the modification shown in Fig. 10 We have illustrated the manner in which the fastening-ears for the holder-socket may be dispensed with and itsbottom used as an attach- In this case the upper part of the shank of the fastening-bolt c is made angular and fits within a correspondingly-angular opening at the center of said socketbottonuthus preventing the unnecessary turn- The holes I) for receiving the outwardly-bent ends or extensions Z) of the spiral spring are also present in all the modifications; but in the modification shown in Fig. 9 the hole I) is extended or developed into a slot for the accommodation of the projecting end of the coil-spring.

In the operation of our device wherever applied it is obvious that every coil of the spiral spring is utilized, as no part thereof whatsoever is encumbered, and the opposite end coils being provided with continuous and substantial bearings in deep sockets a suitable number of the coils of said spring at both its ends serve to sustain it in an upright position at all times for said operation.

Itis obvious that our device can be very readily applied or detached as occasion may require and also very economically made.

It will be understood that we do not intend to restrict ourselves to the precise details of construction herein shown and described, but reserve the right to make all changes and to employ all mechanical e xpcdients that come within the scope of the appended claims.

\Ve claim as our invention 1. In a vehicle-spring support, the combi nation, with a spiral spring having at its opposite ends the outwardly-turned extensions or hooks b b, of a pair of holder-sockets or annular cases 0 0, having transverse holes I) b for the reception of said extensions or hooks, and the plane inner faces of their bottoms constructed at an inclination or gradually-increasing height or thickness in a circular line or path beginning and ending at said holes h, whereby a firm and suitable seat is provided at both ends of said spring which registers or corresponds in pitch with the pitch on which the spring is coiled, substantially as herein set forth.

2. In a vehicle-spring support, a plan e-faced filling and seating ring or washer constructed of gradually-increasing thickness or inclined upwardly, beginning with the thinnest end or point a and terminating with the heaviest end or point 0., having a suitable space or opening between said ends a and a for the ac commodation of an outwardly-turned extension 1) on the contained spiral spring and adapted to fit within a holder cup or socket, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a vehicle-spring support, the spiral spring B, havingits opposite ends I) I) turned or bent outwardly at right angles with its body without disturbing the pitch on which it is coiled, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with an elliptical spring, of the internal auxiliary spiral spring B and the holder sockets or cups 0 C, the latter having transverse holes I) b and the plane inner faces of their bottoms constructed on an incline beginning and ending at said transverse holes in a circular line or path to form suitable receptacles and seats or bearings, respectively, for the opposite ends and extensions 1) of said auxiliary spring, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony of which invention we have hereunto set our hands.

JOHN S. COGI'IENNOUR. NOAH T. REMY.

Witnesses:

K. D. HoRRALL, J. C. ALLEN. 

